- Jon Faddis - Gloria From The Mass Of St. Bernard - (Chuck Mangione) The tune builds and builds until the last note - high A
- Jon Faddis - Into the Faddisphere Possibly the finest sounding trumpet album of all time. This recording is superb. I couldn't bring myself to play for a month after hearing Into the Faddisphere. He plays a high G for so long your ears start to bleed and the neighborhood dogs start barking, then finishes on dubba C
- Jon Faddis - I hope I get it - A Chorus Line (soundtrack) One note. One note! One singular sensational note. That's all it takes to identify who's playing lead. Faddis has played on over 300 albums as a studio muso. This is one of 'em. Have a listen to the attack on this high F#
- Maynard Ferguson - Gonna Fly Now (theme from Rocky) Classic high note tune. Maynard rips this to pieces. There's no-one else with a sound like his. It's a dry sometimes harsh tone when he wants it to be. But tremendously exciting. I still remember the first time my trumpet teacher at the time played this tune to me. I'd never heard anything like it and it's an inspiration to this day (over 15 years later). High B
- Maynard Ferguson - La Fiesta Starts at 100% with Zavod's driving electric piano and builds up to one of the greatest free-for-all trumpet choruses ever recorded. Surely! Maynard pops out an awesome shake on high F# and ends on his high B, high A, high B
- James Morrison - Scream Machine Starts with 5 trumpets playing a unison high G. Just the way every tune should start :-) He hits some tasty high Bs in the last chorus and ends on a modest high E
- Arturo Sandoval - Alo Chicoy Arturo has it all. Amazing high note chops. Consummate musicality. Wicked finger speed. He can play bebop, electric, standards, latin (of course) and awesome piano. In this tune he rips out a dubba D dubba C riff near the end of the tune and finishes on a wailing (slightly sharp) dubba D
- Cat Anderson - My adorable D Ends on a high E
- Bill Chase - Bochawa He died too soon. Wild man of the high note trumpet. So many free-wheeling trumpet choruses. Makes me want to give up playing every time I hear him. Bastard! :-) Ends on a tasty High A
- Paul Cacia - The end on the world Dubba D
. Much Props to Faddis. He's an awesome lead player. What a sound. Like a pure bell tone bright and brilliant. This last note is like a laser cutting through the full band and choir. I'm sure the guy sitting in the furthest seat at this live concert would have been blown backwards with his fillings rattling.
.. Perfect control of the instrument.
To me it sounds like he hits the note from slightly above to give it extra punch, then holds it a half a second longer than the rest of the band at the end. A lot of jazz players end a screamer with a kind of drop/kiss sound and put their lip into the 'piece to finish it. I do it myself, it sounds kinda cool. Faddis however has such control that he can hit a high note and end it with a slight bend upwards in pitch. I don't know anyone else who can do that! 
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. but Cat can play up at least an octave higher. I was rolling on the floor laughing the first time I heard some Cat Anderson. Is it really possible for the trumpet to play that high? I had no idea. A freak. No regard for the laws of physics... Nailed. Held for way too long. Apparently he does it live. Good grief. 
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